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Quantum Mechanics, Volume 1

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An edition of Quantum mechanics (1977)

Quantum Mechanics, Volume 1

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Beginning students of quantum mechanics frequently experience difficulties separating essential underlying principles from the specific examples to which these principles have been historically applied. Nobel-Prize-winner Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and his colleagues have written this book to eliminate precisely these difficulties. Fourteen chapters provide a clarity of organization, careful attention to pedagogical details, and a wealth of topics and examples which make this work a textbook as well as a timeless reference, allowing to tailor courses to meet students' specific needs. Each chapter starts with a clear exposition of the problem which is then treated, and logically develops the physical and mathematical concept. These chapters emphasize the underlying principles of the material, undiluted by extensive references to applications and practical examples which are put into complementary sections. The book begins with a qualitative introduction to quantum mechanical ideas using simple optical analogies and continues with a systematic and thorough presentation of the mathematical tools and postulates of quantum mechanics as well as a discussion of their physical content. Applications follow, starting with the simplest ones like e.g. the harmonic oscillator, and becoming gradually more complicated (the hydrogen atom, approximation methods, etc.). The complementary sections each expand this basic knowledge, supplying a wide range of applications and related topics as well as detailed expositions of a large number of special problems and more advanced topics, integrated as an essential portion of the text.

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Wiley-Interscience
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898

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Cover of: Quantum Mechanics, Volume 1
Quantum Mechanics, Volume 1
June 1978, Wiley-Interscience
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Quantum mechanics
1977, Wiley
in English
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Quantum mechanics
1977, Wiley, Hermann
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"In the present state of scientific knowledge, quantum mechanics plays a fundamental role in the description and understanding of natural phenomena."

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OL7612726M
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quantummechanics01cohe_082
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047116433X
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9780471164333
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